Unaided schools seek exemption from 25% reservation under RTE Act

Updated on: Monday, October 15, 2012

 
The Supreme Court last week issued a notice to the Centre on a petition seeking exemption for unaided educational institutions from reserving 25% seats for students from the economically weaker sections under the Right to Education (RTE) Act.

The fresh petition in the SC challenging the Constitution's Article 15 (5), which discriminates educational institutions on the basis of their minority and non-minority status, has raised the expectations of several city private schools, who too are unwilling to follow the reservation policy. The article is challenged by a group of schools from Mysore under the banner CBSE and ICSE Private School Management Association Mysore (CIPSMAM), along with some Bangalore schools. The main plaintiff in the court is Pramati Educational and Cultural Trust.

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